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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Some 450 people gathered for “Stop
the killing in Gaza! Protest at Israel Embassy” on July 25 in Tokyo. They
marched from a nearby park to the Israel Embassy, holding pictures of destroyed
Gaza City and injured children. As the intersection in front of the embassy was
barricaded by the police to keep the demonstrators away, the anger mounted and
chants demanding to stop genocide got louder (see photo). The plain-clothed
police screamed to urge the demonstrators to move along. Youtube

Earlier in the week, people held a
candle-light vigil at another Tokyo park for the 500 killed in Gaza City.

“I wanted to take action,” said one woman, who
heard about the event on Facebook.

“I felt like it was happening to me. I had to
do something,” a young man said.

There was a phone call from Gaza to report
about horrendous air raids, mass murder and hospitals being flooded with
blood-shed patients.

“Israel’s attack on Gaza is a war crime
according to the international law,” YOSHIOKS Tatsuya of Peace Boat said. “Unless
we can stop it, there is no future for us.”

More than 500 people formed the letters, “GAZA,”
in the park, which was reported in the mainstream media including Al Jazeera
TV. (By M) Youtube